The Agriculture Minister Mr. Sharad Pawar has said, the government has taken steps to augment production and productivity of rabi crops to partially offset the losses in Kharif. Mr. Pawar was addressing 81st Annual General Meeting of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi on Wednesday. He said improved soil moisture due to late monsoon rains has brightened the prospects of rabi production in the entire country. Mr. Pawar said, fisheries have emerged as a sector with great potential to ensure food, livelihood and nutritional security.<br/>The Minister of State for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Professor K V Thomas called upon the agricultural scientists to work in some core areas which need to sustain into 2050 when we have to nourish the largest national population in the world.<br/><br/>